N-COUNT

瘸子;残疾人

A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple .
例句
She has gone from being a healthy, fit, and sporty young woman to being a cripple. 她从一个健康、强壮、爱好运动的年轻女性变成了一个跛子。
VERB

使残疾;使成为跛子

If someone is crippled by an injury, it is so serious that they can never move their body properly again.
例句
Mr Easton was seriously crippled in an accident and had to leave his job... 伊斯顿先生在一次事故中重度伤残，不得不离职。 He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life... 医生警告他，如果再次严重摔伤他可能会终身残疾。
N-COUNT

(心理上或情感上)有缺陷的人

If you describe someone as an emotional cripple, you mean that they have a particular psychological or emotional problem which prevents them from living a normal life.
VERB

使(心理上或情感上)出现问题

If something cripples a person, it causes them severe psychological or emotional problems.
例句
Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him... 霍华德想成为流行歌手，但因怯场而心生畏惧。 I'm not perfect but I'm also not emotionally crippled or lonely. 我并不完美，但我也没有什么心结，也不孤独。
VERB

严重毁坏(机器);破坏(组织、体系)

To cripple a machine, organization, or system means to damage it severely or prevent it from working properly.
例句
Let's try to cripple their communications... 我们试着破坏他们的通讯设备吧。 A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy... 全面切断物品供应会使该国经济陷入瘫痪。

英汉词典释义

vt.
使残废；使跛；使成瘸子
The accident crippled him for life. 这次事故使他终身残废。
严重毁坏（或损害）
The general strike of the railway workers crippled the country's economy. 铁路工人的全面罢工使国家的经济陷于瘫痪。

英英词典释义

Noun
1. someone whose legs are disabled
Verb
1. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless;
"This measure crippled our efforts""Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
2. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg;
"The accident has crippled her for life"

行业词典

体育：使残废；跛子；
法律：致人伤残；